An actor seen ‘Downtown,’ Off-B’way, regionally and internationally, from Soho Rep to Stratford Festival and beyond, Nehassaiu embraces both classical work and new plays. Highlights include “Esther” Intimate Apparel, “Prudence” The Convert, “Angie” Is God Is, “Lady Capulet” (twice,) “Cynthia” SWEAT (also twice!) and the triple-threat of “Nell Gwynne, Lady Davenant and Maria” in Or, for which she received a Berkshire Theatre Critics Award. Cited “Best Actor in a Play 2017” by Wall Street Journal, Nehassaiu has twice been a featured performer for The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women and an actor-collaborator on new play development with Page 73's Yale Residency, New Dramatists, Dixon Place, Target Margin, Barrington Stage and The Tank.
Gallery
2020/21 Panorama Time:
"Medea" in MEDEA by Euripedes (Trans. Paul Roche)
Director: Peter G. Andersen
New York Actor Series (Duende Productions & The Artists Coop)
Virtual Reading to Benefit @blackgirlfreedomfund
“Gloria” Drive by Deborah Yarchun
Northern Stage Virtual New Works Now • Director: Michael Legg
“Daughter” Gorn Galaxy
by Deborah Brevoort
free & still available to stream!
Flash Acts Virtual Festival.
Director: Megan Sandberg-Zakian • Producer: Arena Stage/Forum for Cultural Exchange
"One Thousand Miles" by Tanya Everett
Director: Raz Golden (view monologue here)
Neo-Political Cowgirls Andromeda's Sisters Virtual Gala
“Cynthia” SWEAT by Lynn Nottage
Theatre Aquarius (in Canada’s historic steel town!) • Director: Ron Ulrich
Director: Peter G. Andersen
New York Actor Series (Duende Productions & The Artists Coop)
Virtual Reading to Benefit @blackgirlfreedomfund
“Gloria” Drive by Deborah Yarchun
Northern Stage Virtual New Works Now • Director: Michael Legg
“Daughter” Gorn Galaxy
by Deborah Brevoort
free & still available to stream!
Flash Acts Virtual Festival.
Director: Megan Sandberg-Zakian • Producer: Arena Stage/Forum for Cultural Exchange
"One Thousand Miles" by Tanya Everett
Director: Raz Golden (view monologue here)
Neo-Political Cowgirls Andromeda's Sisters Virtual Gala
“Cynthia” SWEAT by Lynn Nottage
Theatre Aquarius (in Canada’s historic steel town!) • Director: Ron Ulrich
Nehassaiu is “Krystal Rullan” in Equal Standard, was in cinemas nationwide May 7th, 2021! (VOD & Blu-Ray soon after.)